Iowa

It doesn’t apply to Texas, but it’s a question being asked in other states like Iowa, where it even involves the blind. As the AP reported, “Iowa law enforcement officials are debating the wisdom of granting gun permits to blind people. The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa law doesn’t allow sheriffs to deny a permit […]
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It is for some people, such as those in the Midwest who saw snow in May. As Accuweather.com reported, “Omaha, Neb., Mason City, Iowa, and Rochester, Minn., are but only several cities that have been clobbered by their biggest May snowfall on record. In many cases in the major cities in the Plains, those records […]
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It’s an issue that states are struggling with after the Supreme Court banned life sentences without parole for minors who have committed murder. Iowa has devised an unusual solution. According to Reuters, “Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday said no current inmate convicted of murder as a juvenile would be released before the age of 74, a […]
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The caucus votes are in, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t do so well in Iowa last night. In fact, he fell long and hard. Perry vaulted to the frontrunner’s spot in the race weeks ago when he kicked off his campaign. But almost as quickly, his ratings plummeted after bad debate performances and a […]
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Republican rival Michele Bachmann thinks so. In her competition with Perry for the most conservative caucus-goers in Iowa, she said, “Rick has spent 27 years as a political insider. And while he’s been in elected office, he’s been guilty of the very things he says he’ll fight against, crony capitalism. Rick Perry has taken millions […]
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If there’s one undisputed attention-getter in the GOP presidential primary, it’s Herman Cain‘s 9-9-9 economic plan. Other candidates have been scrambling to come up with their own proposals to match his. Basically, 9-9-9 calls for a flat tax rate of 9% for individuals, a 9% tax rate for corporations and a new national sales tax set of […]
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It’s a bunch of hot air, in the opinion of Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry. Or at least the theory that human activity has caused it. “I think we’re seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing […]
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